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 President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has frowned on the situation where Nigerians do not have basic infrastructure despite paying taxes.  Adesina spoke on Thursday at the first national tax dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS).  According to him, Nigerians were among top implicit tax payers in the world. He explained that Implicit taxes are levies that are borne but are neither seen nor recorded.  Adesina noted that in Nigeria, citizens provide electricity, road, security, water, among others, for themselves.  Truth be told, Nigerians pay one of the highest implicit tax rates in the world - way higher than developed countries,” he added.  “Think of it: they provide electricity for themselves via generators; they repair roads to their neighborhoods, if they can afford to; there are no social security systems; they provide security for their own safety; and they provide boreholes for drinking water wi...

  United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was proud not to have started a new war.  In his farewell address, the outgoing American leader reminded all that he was the first president to have achieved such a feat in decades.  “I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars. We embarked on a mission to make America great again. We did what we came here to do”, Trump stated.  To the incoming administration, he prayed for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous.  “We extend our best wishes and we also want them to have luck - a very important word.”  Trump thanked his family, Vice President Mike Pence and his family, his staff and the Secret Service.  The 45th President expressed gratitude to Americans for the “extraordinary privilege” adding that serving them was an honor beyond description.  He said together with millions of hardworking patriots, “we built the greatest political move...

  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to reports of him paying $5million bribe to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.  Reports had it that Akpabio allegedly bribed Malami, who is the Minister of Justice with $5million to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).  However, Malami had denied the report, saying those behind the report should provide evidence to backup their claim.  Reacting, Akpabio also described the reports as false.  A statement by Akpabio’s Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong, insisted that the report was the handiwork of mischief-makers.  The statement reads, “Senator Godswill Akpabio said his attention has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that he paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Dev...

 The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has clarified what it described as the unfounded fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers.  While, in a statement to newsmen on Wednesday signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the commission said that its attention has been drawn to numerous publications in the media space regarding the matter of mass disconnection as a result of the ongoing linkage of SIM Registration Records with the National Identity Number (NIN).  NCC said it is, therefore, necessary for it to issue this clarification in order to allay the fears of subscribers and the general public.  “Most of these publications are based on the erroneous assumption that for every network or SIM connection, there is one unique human subscriber.  “However, with the advent of social media and App-driven digital environment, network subscription went beyond human subscribers to include machines like PoS, Routers, Wi-Fi devices, el...

  Mariam Musa, a 24-year-old pregnant woman, has been arrested in Ede, Osun State for allegedly poisoning her three-year-old stepson, Rokeeb Musa.  This occurred on December 26, 2020.  She told newsmen that she killed the toddler out of jealousy, saying their husband; Musa, loved the son more than her daughter.  Mariam, who is the first wife of the husband, further confessed that she poisoned the boy with a pesticide (Rocket).  The five months old pregnant woman confessed while being paraded by the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Wale Olokode, on Tuesday at the State Command, Osogbo.  Speaking, she accused the husband of showing more love and favour to the second wife because she had a male child while she (first wife) is yet to have a male.  “I was sleeping inside my room when the boy came to me and I gave him the insecticide to drink. My husband was showing love and favour to the second wife.  “I learnt fashion designing before I became a ...

  Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the demolition of a restaurant by the Kaduna State government over plans to allegedly hold sex party.  Omokri said the house of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s son, Bello, should also be demolished for threatening to gang rape a woman.  Recall that Bello had stirred controversies on social media when he threatened to gang rape the mother of a Twitter user.  He, however, later apologised for his tirade on Twitter.  But the former presidential aide in a tweet wrote: “If sex parties should lead to demolition, then Nasir @nelrufai’s son’s house should be first to be demolished. We all saw when the young man threatened to gang rape an Igbo man’s mother, and even worse, to pass her around to his friends. “That is even worse than a sex party. That is a rape party. Hypocrisy! Demolishing the alleged ‘sex party ’ hotel just shows total absence of the rule of law in Kaduna.” 

  The INRI Evangelical spiritual church leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said the truth about President Muhammad Buhari and some officials of his administration would soon be exposed.  Ayodele stated that Buhari was incapacitated, not in control of his government and that the truth will soon be exposed.  The clergyman, who spoke during a live service in his Lagos church, yesterday, said cabals are in charge of Buhari’s government.  This was contained in a statement he released to newsmen.  He said the judiciary and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Tanko is greatly affected by Buhari’s incapacity.  He said the judiciary system of Nigeria is on the verge of collapse due to the inefficiency of the Chief Justice of Nigeria.  “President Buhari is incapacitated, he is not in charge of his government. Cabals are the ones ruling the country now. I foresee that the truth about him will be exposed soon.  “The CJN, Tanko Muhammed can not lead j...